Elevated railway.



W. HINSEN.

ELEVATED RAILWAY. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1914.

1,149,764. I r Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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W. HINSEN. ELEVATED RAILWAY;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. I914.

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W. H|NSEN..

ELEVATED RAILWAY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I, 1914.

1,149,764. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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WILLIAM HINSEN, OF CAT SPRING, TEXAS.

ELEVATED RAILWAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

Application filed June 1, 1914. Serial No. 842,088.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VILLIAM HINsEN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Cat Spring, in the county of Austinand State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inElevated Railways, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in elevated railways and moreparticularly to terminals and approaches to the same or approaches tostations along the line.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed in the following specification, pointed out in the claim andillustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of saidspecification and in which Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improvedelevated road showing the lift or elevator associated therewith. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of one of the approaches to astation or terminal. Fig. 5 is a front view of one of the supportingwheels by which the railway cars are carried. Fig. 6 is a side view ofFig. 5 taken on line 6-6 of that figure.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

My elevated railway comprises a plurality of towers 1 disposed uponconcrete or similar bases 2 and certain towers throughout the line areprovided with vertical guides 3 in which an elevator 4c is disposed thatis raised and lowered by means of a motor 5 and cables 6 to communicatewith a passenger platform 7 from which access to the railway carriages 8may be had. Each tower supports transverse girders 9 that carrydepending angular supports 10 the free terminations of which are groovedlon gitudinal and carry ball and socket-sup ports 11, 12 that supportthe grooved spans 13 in which the cables 14 are carried upon which thegrooved wheels 15 run that are connected by axles 16 that carry the carsupports 17 for the railway carriages 8. The

sockets 12 are formed with bases adapted to snugly occupy the groovedportions of the supports 10 and said sockets are formed with bulgedlateral portions forming oppo sltely disposed shoulders which serve asabutments and positive supports for the spans when in inclined positionthereby insuring a smooth and even movement of the car over the cables.Each car 8 is provided with suitable'propelling mechanism, with which myinvention has nothing to do, and with all conveniences for passengers orfor freight as desired.

Spans 13 supported as previously described are provided directlyopposite each tower l and the ball and socket feature of the sameenables railway carriages to pass over said supports without jar orjolt, the span inclining toward the railway carriage as it approachesand again in the direction of the carriage as it leaves the span,preventing any sagging of the cable-track at or adjacent the span andany perceptible vibration as the car wheels run over the por tion of thecable directly supported by the span.

What is claimed is An elevated railway comprising a plurality of towersand transversely extending girders supported thereby, angular dependingsupports carried by said girders and formed in their free extremitieswith longitudinally extending grooves, sockets having a base portionadapted to fit snugly in the grooved portions of said supports and withbulged lateral portions forming oppositely disposed shoulders, andgrooved spans formed with integral depending balls movably disposed inthe said sockets whereby said spans are supported for movement in avertical plane, said movement being limited by contact of said spanswith said shoulders.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. WILLIAM HINSEN.

Witnesses:

EDWIN STUEssEL, WILLIE KIRSCHE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

